Two months later, the babys body found just a few miles from the home, a germanborn carpenter was ultimately found guilty and was executed the crime led congress to pass a law that made kidnapping a federal offense. And thank you for watching newsnight. Laura coates live starts right now. What a week and its only the first day of march tonight. And Laura Coates Live thanks. Really could not be any higher Donald Trumps preferred legal strategy, it comes down to a single world. Well, actually three words, say with me delay, delay delay. You know, what it looks to be working. The maralago classified documents case could get pushed back until now, maybe even after the election in november. And there has been no decision today from a judge in that makeorbreak hearing of Whether Da Fani Willis and Fulton County should be removed and disqualified, frankly, from georgias Election Subversion Case. The judge says, he will rule within two weeks, but the clock is ticking. So now theyre adding anot
subpoenas for and asked questions of some of the lawyers associated with donald trump s efforts to over turn the results of the 2020 election. among the names, some of them you probably recognize. sidney powell, for example. so central sp spending baseless accusations of voter fraud. and then emily knewmon who worked with her and mike roman and we told you last week about rudy giuliani s conversation with investigators. the result of a so-called proffer agreement. we now know that meeting actually spanned eight hours. and of particular interest, that infamous white house meeting back in december of 2020. and heated clash in which sidney powell put forward a plan to have our country s military seize voting machines all in order to rerun the election. and thanks to the committee, there is an abundance of public testimony related to that meeting. some of the participants in their own words. i was asked, are you claiming that the democrats are working with hugo chavez and whoev
the coverage. the new yorker cover with donald trump portray thed as a metal-wearing, goose-stepping nazi e soldier. trump continues to dominate the coverage as he did by doing an iowa town hall with fox news overshadowing at the same hour the ron desantis-nikki haley slug fest on cnn. and the former president generated wall the wall coverage by showing up in washington on his claim of immunity for actions in office; namely, challenging the last election. trump s presence in that courtroom which took him off the campaign trail just days before the iowa caucuses underscored the vindictiveness of the lawfare if being waged against him. why s he in court instead of campaigning? because donald trump being in court is the greatest bully pulpit for him where he can plaw fake. howard: trump wasn t required to be in court then or on thursday when he denounced the judge in his new york civil fraud trial, but he drew attention from his rivals whose iowa events are being buried by s
capitol hill where if you didn t happen to already be watching the news this morning, you missed a huge surprise that caused a huge spectacle. at 10:04 a.m., the house oversight committee gavelled in to debate ahead of a vote to hold hunter biden in contempt of congress for refusing to comply with a gop subpoena for closed door testimony. at 10:09, hunter biden escorted by secret service and flanked by his lawyers just showed up to the committee room offering himself up for public testimony. but instead of taking him up on that offer, republicans got angry and democrats got exasperated. yes, i m looking at you, hunter biden, as i m speaking to you. you are not above the law at all. i believe that hunter biden should be held completely in contempt. i think he should be hauled off to jail right now. let s vote. let s take a vote. who wants to hear from hunter right now today? anyone? come on. who wants to hear from hunter? no one. mr. biden doesn t make the rules, we make
we are getting a wealth of new details today in the criminal investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents thanks to some pretty stunning brand-new reporting. new york times reports this. prosecutors are expected to question a new witness in front of a federal grand jury sitting in florida later this week. that is according to people familiar with the matter. at least one other witness has already appeared before that florida grand jury, which is separate from the one that has been sitting for months now in washington. why prosecutors have continue seened a separate grand jury from the one in d.c. is one of the mysteries, one of the major outstanding questions every one of us from the outside has regarding this case at the moment. wall street journal has described the action in the florida grand jury this way, as, quote, tying up loose ends ahead of a decision on possible charges. bloomberg is reporting teem trump is bracing for that decision to l